Liezel Once

Liezel Once

Liezel Once is a journalist with Mortgage Professional America and Canadian Mortgage Professional, covering key issues and trends across the North American mortgage and financial services industry.

She brings to her reporting a solid foundation in broadcast journalism, having worked as a news writer and reporter across radio, television, and digital platforms. Her coverage has spanned high-stakes beats including national security, economic affairs, and disaster response — experience that sharpens her ability to distill complex topics for professional audiences.

Liezel has also contributed to business, technology, and future-of-work coverage for a global BPO marketplace, further deepening her expertise in industry-focused journalism. A versatile and dependable storyteller, she joined KM International as a freelance writer in 2024 and has since established herself as a trusted voice across Key Media's mortgage titles.

Outside the newsroom, Liezel feeds her curiosity through travel, and language learning — she is currently studying Korean, and has a particular passion for concert trips that take her to new destinations.

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Ex-judge and developer face fraud charges over $5m escrow scheme

A former Brooklyn jurist allegedly weaponized his judicial title to deceive real estate investors — a case with direct lessons for mortgage professionals nationwide.

Ex-judge and developer face fraud charges over $5m escrow scheme

New York moves to tax cash home purchases above $1 million

A proposed 1% levy on all-cash deals mirrors the state's existing mortgage-recording tax and could reshape how wealthy buyers transact

New York moves to tax cash home purchases above $1 million

Foreclosure filings climb as lender repossessions surge in April

ATTOM data shows foreclosure starts and completed REOs both rose year over year, with Sun Belt states leading the distress

Foreclosure filings climb as lender repossessions surge in April

Bad news for mortgage rates as yields hit a year-high

A brutal week of inflation data sent long-term bond yields to their highest point in nearly a year, complicating the new Fed chair's first hours in the job

Bad news for mortgage rates as yields hit a year-high

First-time buyers embrace unconventional routes as affordability pressures mount

TD Bank survey of 1,003 aspiring homeowners reveals a generation willing to stretch financial limits to own

First-time buyers embrace unconventional routes as affordability pressures mount

CrossCountry Mortgage adds dividend top-up to Two Harbors deal ahead of crucial vote

Total consideration could reach $12.68 per share as CrossCountry defends its signed merger against UWM

CrossCountry Mortgage adds dividend top-up to Two Harbors deal ahead of crucial vote

Mortgage rates ease for first time after back-to-back weekly increases

A one-basis-point decline in the 30-year fixed rate offers little relief for buyers navigating elevated borrowing costs

Mortgage rates ease for first time after back-to-back weekly increases

Explainer: How the new Fed chair could go about cutting interest rates

Kevin Warsh is now America's central banker, but the path to lower mortgage rates runs through a committee, an inflation crisis, and a credibility test

Explainer: How the new Fed chair could go about cutting interest rates

Bond yields hit a new 2026 high, likely pushing up mortgage rates

April's producer price index blows past forecasts, pushing Treasury yields higher and dimming prospects for near-term rate relief

Bond yields hit a new 2026 high, likely pushing up mortgage rates

US homes now take nine days longer to sell than a year ago

A new study reveals a deeply divided housing market, with Austin at 110 days and San Jose at just 12

US homes now take nine days longer to sell than a year ago